Garment-support



(No' Model.)

'O. R.ARN OLD. GARMENT SUPPORT.

5N0. 413,772. 'Patented.0ct. 2 9, 1889i CLARENCE R. ARNOLD,

.G'AYRMAENT- PATENT OFFICE.

OF VELLSVILLE, OHIO.

SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 413,772, dated October29, 1889.

Application filed December 31,1888- Serial No. 295,029- (N model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CLARENCE R. ARNOLD, of Wellsville, in the county of(Jolumbiana and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Garment-Supports, of

which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the views.

' Figure 1 is a front elevation of the device open. Fig. 2 is a centralvertical section illustrating the clasp as open. Fig. 3 is a rear viewof the device, illustrating the clasp closed in the holder.

Figs. 4 and 5 are detail views of the hinge plate, and Fig. 6 is a viewof the clasp detached.

The device consists, primarily, of a holder l0, clasp 11, and a slidinghinge 12, connecting the clasp and the holder. The upper body portion ofthe holder constitutes a shank, which shank is provided with alongitudinal slot 13 and a loop or eye 14 at its upper end,

the said loop being adapted to receive the elastic or fabric strapordinarily employed in connection with such a device. extremity of theholder an essentially oval opening or button-hole slot 15 is formed. Thebody 16 of the clasp 11 is preferably rectangular and of greater lengththan width, having its upper end bent upon itself at a right angle toits front, forming a flange 17, which flange is provided at the innercenter of its longitudinal edge with an integral lip 18 and-a slot 19inits upper face aligning the said lip, as best illustrated in Fig. 6. Thelower end of the body of the clasp 16 is reduced and shaped to thecontour of the button 20, having a shank 21 integral with one edge. Theshank 21 projects at-an angle from the bottom edge of the clasp-body inthe direc perspective In the lower tion of its front, and the button,which is circular and convex upon its outer face, extends downward ataright angle to the shank, as best shown in Figs. 1 and 6. The hinge 12usually consists of a piece of metal cut practically to the shape of aT, and having a lug 22 projecting from each side of the body of theTparallel with its head, as best shown in Fig. 4. The lugs 22 are intransverse alignment and of equal length with the head, and a space ismade to intervene the said lugs and said head.

In connecting the clasp to the holder the T- blank above described isbent,as shown in Fig. 5, and passed edgewise through the slot 13in theshank of the holder 10 and turned when inserted in the slot, so that thehead of the T-blank and the lugs will be upon opposite sides of theholder. The straight end of the shank is now bent and passed upwardthrough the slot 19 in the clasp-11, and the lip 18 of the said clasp isdrawn within the slot above the hinge plate or blank. The clasp isfirmly bound to the holder by carrying thev straight end of the blankthropgh the slot 13 in the holder over the head and lugs of the blank,which are so compressed as to practically bind against the shank of theholder. The straight extremity of the blank is then bent down upon theouter surface of the hinge 12, as illustrated in Fig. 1. It will thus beobserved that by reason of this hinge-connection of the clasp to theholder the clasp may be carried rearward from the holderor slidvertically thereon, as may be desired.

In operation the clasp 11 is carried outward and rearward to theposition illustrated in Fig. 2, and the lower extremity of the holder 10is placed upon the garment to be supported. The clasp is then carriedforward, the button made to engage with the material, and said materialis pressed through the enlar ed portion of the button-hole slot with thebutton 20. Finally, the clasp is slid downward, so as to carry thebutton in advance of and through the reduced lower end of the saidbutton-hole slot, as illustrated in Fig. 3.

'By reason'of the peculiar formation ofthe button 20, when the garmentis held thereby in the holder it has an equal bearing upon the materialof the. garment, and does not in the least tear, fray, or otherwisedestroy or injure the most delicate fabric. I desire it, however, to beunderstood that I do not confine myself to the exact construction of thehinge plate or blank shown and described, as other equivalentconstruction may be employed without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a garment-support, the combination, with a body portion having akey-hole slotin its lower end, of the clasp l1, hinged to and sliding onthe said body and provided with the shank 21, projecting at an anglefrom its bottom edge, and with the button 20, extended downward from andat right angles to the shank, the said button having a convex face,substantially as described.

2. In a garment-support, the combination, with a body portion having akey-hole slot at its lower end and a longitudinal slot above thekey-hole slot, of the hinge-plate secured in the longitudinal slot ofthe body portion and sliding thereon and a clasp hinged to the saidhinge-plate and provided at its lower end with a button having a convexsurface, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. In a garment-support, the combination, with a longitudinally-slottedbody portion provided with a key-hole slot at its lower end, of aT-shaped hinge-plate having lugs projecting from each side parallel withthe head thereof and a clasp having a slotted upper end and providedwith a button at its lower end, the said button having a convex surfaceand projecting from the end of the clasp and in a different plane fromthat of the body of the clasp, substantially as herein shown anddescribed.

CLARENCE R. ARNOLD. \Vitncsses:

ALEX. R. \VELLS, ADA L. NOBLE.

